1. Peasant: The lowest of the low, any who
beg borrow or steal weapons to defend themselves.Requirements: no weapons/shield. No garb. No
back story or no name.
2. Footman: The backbone of any army, typical
grunt soldier.Requirements:

Must be
proficient and in one weapon style.

Must own a
weapon

Minimum garb
requirements

Name and the
start of a back story

Must defeat
another footman in one on one combat

Must have paid
realm dues

3. Choose your
Path of Light or Dark (To achieve any
further rank you must own your own weapons.)

The
Paths of LightHigh Guard
-Frontline fighterRequirements:

Sword and board
mastery

Average garb

Complete
backstory

Shield bash
training

Run the Gauntlet
of your Mastery*

Crusader
-Line breaker/power flankerRequirements:

Mastery of
either Red Weapon/Florentine/Polearm

Average Garb

Complete
Backstory

Run the Gauntlet
of your Mastery*

Scout
-Archer/speed flankerRequirements:

Proficiency with
Ranged weapons and single blue/florentine/dagger

Mastery with
ranged weapon or Single Blue/Florentine/Dagger

Complete
Backstory

Average Garb

Run the Speed
Gauntlet**

Advanced Light Ranks***

High
Watchman
– You are home at the frontline and you have the
foresight to defeat the enemyRequirements:

Obtained the
rank of High Guard and Crusader

Sentry –
You are protector and hunter. You look for holes in
the enemy line and slip through.Requirements:

Proficiency with
Ranged weapons and single blue/florentine/dagger
proficiency

Mastery with
ranged weapon or Single Blue/Florentine/Dagger

Complete
Backstory

Average Garb

Run the Speed
Gauntlet**

Advanced Dark Ranks***

Marauder
– You demolish frontlines with focused rage.Requirements:

Obtained the
rank of Black Guard and Berserker

Shadowborn
– You use guile and strength to shatter the hearts
of your enemy.Requirements:

Obtained the
rank of Black Guard and Assassin

Blood-Drinker
– The shadow is your home and from it you strike
with your bloody rage.Requirements:

Obtained the
rank of Assassin and Berserker

WARMASTERRequirements:

Proficient in
all weapon styles

3 Masteries

Defeat a team of
3 best present fighters (Sword & board, Red/Polearm,
Ranged)

Significantly
aided the realm (Weapons Check/Run
practice/Event Help/Photography/etc.) Must be
agreed upon by the Council

Loaner gear to
outfit 2 fighters

* The gauntlet you face 25 fighters in single combat
until you beat them all.
** The speed gauntlet you must defeat 10 single blue
fighters in 5 minutes armed with any Scout/Assassin
weapons. If you are killed you start over at 1.

*** You may use the
equivalent rank on the light/dark side to achieve an
advanced rank, but the last rank you acquired will
determine your alignment.